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CLEP Analyzing And Interpreting Literature

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The point at which a character understands his/her situation as it really is.






2. A speech delivered while only one character is on stage; it reveals a character's innermost thoughts and feelings.






3. The process by which the writer presents and reveals a character.






4. The series of events that make up a story or drama.






5. Broken down acts.






6. A love lyric in which the speaker complains about the arrival of the dawn - when he must part from his lover.






7. Then narrator is a character in the story and tells the reader his/her story using the pronoun 'I'.






8. An accented syllable followed by an unaccented one.






9. Imitates another literary work using humor usually to make the author and/or the work appear ridiculous.






10. The difference between what the character or the reader expects what the character or the reader expects and what actually happens.






11. A tension created as the reader becomes involved in a story and when the author leaves the reader in doubt about what is coming next.






12. A figure of speech in which a closely related term is substituted for an object or idea.






13. The difference between what a chracter says and what he/she means.






14. The point at which the action of the plot turns in an unexpected direction for the protagonist.






15. A figure of speech in which two opposing ideas are combined.






16. The first stage of a functional or dramatic plot - in which necessary background information is provided.






17. A character struggles with himself/herself and his/her opposing needs.






18. A strong pause within a line.






19. Words and phrases that vividly recreate a sound - sight - smell - touch - or taste for the reader by appealing to the senses.






20. A historical or literary reference to a person - place - thing - or event that the reader is expected to recognize.






21. A concrete representation of a sense impression - a feeling - or an idea.






22. The person who 'tells' the story.






23. The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. It represents the point of greatest tension in the work.






24. A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas - characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.






25. The main character of a literary work.






26. The reason the author has written a piece of literature.


27. The difference between what is expected and what actually happens.






28. A figure of speech involving exaggeration.






29. A metrical foot with two unstressed syllables.






30. The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and acharacters of a work.






31. Smaller units of plays that are broken down.






32. A moment of insightfulness when a character realizes some truth.






33. The dictionary meaning of a word.






34. The matching of final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words.






35. A recurring pattern found in a work or works of literature; the pattern is usually representative of something else.






36. The vantage point from which the writer tells the story.






37. A metrical foot represented by two stressed syllables.






38. A humorous moment in a serious drama that temporarily relieves the mounting tension.






39. The group of readers to whom a piece of literature is directed.






40. A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words.






41. Prose writing about real people - places - and events.






42. The character or force with which the protagonist conflicts.






43. The grammatical order of words in a sentence or line of verse or dialogue.






44. An interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work's action.






45. A figure of speech in which two completely unlike things are compared.






46. The difference between what a character expects and what the reader knows will happen.






47. A person - place - thing or event that has meaning in itself and also stands for something more than itself.






48. Refers to a writers use of language - including the use of literary techniques - word choice - and sentence structure - that sets one writer apart from another.






49. The narrator is outside of the story and tells the story from the perspective of only one character.






50. The use of similar structure to express similar or related ideas - words - phrases - sentences - or paragraphs may be organized in a parallel structure.